When selling in Europe the American businessman has to take into consideration certain parameters, that determine in different countries in different ways the legal, social and economic environment. Since in Europe the differences from country to country, even within the EC, outnumber by far the already existing common regulations, the exact cost of selling depend to the most extend on the very specific conditions in that country to be chosen. Thus the following outlines do not pretend to give a detailed compilation of any cost for any European country rather than to focus on the most important items to be intensively investigated before entering the European scene.

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Date Published: 14 January 1977PDF: 3 pagesProc. SPIE 0081, The Business Side of the Optical Industry II, (14 January 1977); doi: 10.1117/12.954863

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Peter M. Weyrauch, German American Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles (United States)